Child Survivors

In the organizer's words:

A performance of the documentary play Child Survivors will take place on January 26 and 27, 2025. The play is about ten children who survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Using biographical information, original quotes and video installations, their perspective is taken on "islands of memory": on the direct experience of moments of everyday life in the camp as a child and on the adults' memories of the traumatic imprisonment in their childhood. Information scenes on the history and conditions of imprisonment in this Nazi concentration camp reveal the inhuman structure of persecution and internment by the Nazi regime.

Director: Dorothea Derben | Assistant director: Raffaela Lanci | Music: Alexander Derben | Actors: Andrea Casabianchi, Johannes Fast, Marlène Jeffré

After the performance of Child Survivors on January 26, we will discuss the themes of the play in greater depth with guests from the Roma and Sinti communities, the Jewish University Group and the Bergen-Belsen Memorial and take a critical look at how the Shoah and the Samudaripen were dealt with. Among other things, we will explore the following questions: How far have we come in remembrance? What continuities are there in social reality and what gaps are there in the culture of remembrance? And what significance does remembrance have in times of the renormalization of right-wing extremist ideas in society?

Organized by Roma Center e.V. in cooperation with DOMINO e.V., Jüdische Gemeinde Göttingen e.V. and Jüdische Kultusgemeinde für Göttingen und Südniedersachsen e.V.

Price information:

Free admission for both performances! Donations are requested. We recommend booking early: You can reserve tickets for the event on January 26 at the Junges Theater: kasse@junges-theater.de or 0551 495015.